diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index cca0ff244..55f2f0805 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Bugfixes:
  - GB Timer: Minor accuracy improvements
  - GB Audio: Clock frame events on DIV
  - GBA Timer: Fix timers sometimes being late (fixes mgba.io/i/1012)
+ - GBA Hardware: Fix RTC overriding light sensor (fixes mgba.io/i/1069)
 Misc:
  - GBA Timer: Use global cycles for timers
  - GBA: Extend oddly-sized ROMs to full address space (fixes mgba.io/i/722)
diff --git a/src/gba/hardware.c b/src/gba/hardware.c
index 13c8c073d..20d342012 100644
--- a/src/gba/hardware.c
+++ b/src/gba/hardware.c
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ void _rtcReadPins(struct GBACartridgeHardware* hw) {
 		if ((hw->pinState & 5) == 1) {
 			hw->rtc.transferStep = 1;
 		}
-		_outputPins(hw, 1);
 		break;
 	case 1:
 		if ((hw->pinState & 5) == 5) {
@@ -175,7 +174,6 @@ void _rtcReadPins(struct GBACartridgeHardware* hw) {
 		} else {
 			hw->rtc.transferStep = 0;
 		}
-		_outputPins(hw, 5);
 		break;
 	case 2:
 		if (!(hw->pinState & 1)) {